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Everything seems so delicately balanced.

Pont Sarn-las settlement, seen from the SW. Over the hedge in the background are the two Trefwri standing stones.

Seen from the north, the stone stands above its surroundings.

Looking south, the stone takes on a completely different aspect.

Looking SE towards Tyddyn-Adda.

Trefwri West, looking west-ish.

Looking east-ish.

Trefwri East, looking north-ish.

Viewed from the south, on the footpath from Tyddyn -Adda, it’s possible to see both stones together, but they are not intervisible due to the intervening rising ground.

Cwm Gafr seen from Esgair y Ceunant. The main hut circle group is situated near to the Afon Gafr that cuts through the valley. Crib Goch and snow-capped Crib y Ddysgl (Yr Wyddfa’s little sibling) oversee proceedings.

Upper Cwm Gafr, the location of a single isolated hut circle some way above the main group. Y Garn rises above, its summit too lofty to be seen from this elevation.

Tryfan and Llyn Ogwen, seen from Foel-goch to the northwest.

Remembrance Sunday, 2013. Seen from Elidir Fawr.

The high plateau of the Carneddau, an awesome Bronze Age cemetery, seen from Elidir Fawr. L-R: Yr Elen, Carnedd Llewelyn, Carnedd Dafydd, Carnedd Fach, Pen yr Ole Wen.

Moel y Ci, with the Menai Strait and Ynys Mon beyond. Seen from Elidir Fawr.

The Nantlle Ridge (centre), in the context of other high-level monuments of North Wales. Seen from Elidir Fawr in the Glyderau.

Cloud boils over Yr Wyddfa. Seen from the north ridge, one of the quieter routes down from the mountain.

Moel Eilio (far left) seen from the northern ridge of Yr Wyddfa.

The cliffs of Clogwyn y Garnedd tower gloomy and forbidding over the PYG path. The summit is lost in the cloud at the top of the cliff face.

Moel Siabod (far left), seen across Llyn Llydaw and Glaslyn from the PYG path, just below the cloud base.

The circle is located in a natural bowl, formed by the rocky mound of Moel Berfedd to the SE and the steep southern faces of the Glyderau to the north (in shadow on the left). The bleached out mountain on the far right is Moel Siabod, topped with a substantial, albeit wrecked, Bronze Age cairn.

The enigmatic (i.e. possibly fake) burial chamber is located on the narrow piece of land separating the two lakes, Llyn Peris (the nearer) and Llyn Padarn. Seen from the PYG path above Pen-y-Pass.

The extraordinary cist cover slab, on display in Inverness Museum.

Neolithic stone ball, carved with spiral. On display in Inverness Museum (no provenance given for this object).

Detail of the stone, showing flecks of mica(?) sparkling in the sunlight.

An old Ordnance Survey benchmark can be seen inscribed near the base of the stone.

The somewhat fish-shaped stone stands beside a little tributary of the River Enrick, in an avenue of trees that used to lead to a now-gone mansion.

NE stones.

Stones in the northern arc of the circle, the nearest of which is cupmarked on its outer face.

Across the cairn.

Inside the roofless chamber.

The wonderful Corrimony Clava cairn, facing the entrance.

SSW stone, 7ft tall.

The lovely 7ft monolith on the SSW side of the circle.

SE circle stone.

The SW kerbs, one of which is possibly cup-marked.

Huge kerbstones of the cairn.

SE stones in the surrounding circle.

Smallest stone in the circle, to the north.

Stone on the ENE side of the surrounding circle.

The cairn and exposed chamber.

The less easy to find cup-marked kerb on the NW.

Cup-marked kerb stone.

Southern of the two cup-marked kerb stones.

The northern arc, looking ENE. A couple of stones of the surrounding circle are tucked away behind the base of the huge mature tree at the NE corner.